Not one or the other

pronoun

1. The one as well as the other

   "both of us"

conjunction

1. Used as a function word to indicate and stress the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated words, phrases, or clauses

adjective

1. Being the two affecting or involving the one and the other

   "both feet"

idiom

1. On both points

   "I agree with you on both counts."

idiom

1. Used to refer to the people who support a position together with the people who support the opposing position

idiom

1. To be bisexual

noun phrase

1. All the advantages of two different situations and none of the disadvantages

   "I have the best of both worlds—a wonderful family and a great job."

noun phrase

1. All the disadvantages of two different situations and none of the advantages

   "Living in the suburbs is the worst of both worlds—there's neither the excitement of the city nor the quiet of the country."

verb

1. To consume fuel and give off heat, light, and gases

   "A small fire burned on the hearth."

2. To undergo combustion

   "Soft woods burn easily."

3. To contain a fire

   "a little stove burning in the corner"

4. To give off light shine, glow

   "a light burning in the window"

5. To use freely without limits

   "children with energy to burn"

6. To be hot

   "the burning sand"

7. To produce or undergo an uncomfortable or painful sensation like that of being injured by fire

   "ears burning from the cold"

8. To undergo alteration or destruction by the action of fire or heat

   "The house burned down."

9. To die in the electric chair
10. To force or make a way by or as if by burning

    "Her words burned into his heart."

11. To suffer sunburn

    "She burns easily."

12. To cause (something) to undergo combustion
13. To use (something) as fuel

    "This furnace burns gas."

14. To use (something) up consume

    "burn calories"

15. To transform (something) by exposure to heat or fire

    "burn wood into charcoal"

16. To produce (something) by burning

    "burned a hole in his sleeve"

17. To record digital data or music on (an optical disc) using a laser

    "burn a CD"

18. To injure or damage (something or someone) by or as if by exposure to fire, heat, or radiation scorch

    "burned her hand"

19. To execute (something) by burning

    "Heretics are no longer burned at the stake."

20. Electrocute
21. Irritate, annoy
22. To subject to misfortune, mistreatment, or deception
23. To beat or score on

    "burned the defense with a touchdown pass"

verb

1. To penetrate with or as if with an edged instrument

   "cut one's hand with a knife"

2. To hurt the feelings of

   "Her sarcasm cut him to the quick."

3. To strike sharply with a cutting effect

   "cut him across the legs with a whip"

4. To strike (a ball) with a glancing blow that imparts a reverse spin

   "cut a tennis ball with an inclined racket"

5. To experience the growth of (a tooth) through the gum

   "The toddler is cutting a tooth."

6. To harm (oneself) by making cuts or scratches on one's body

   "The reasons given for self-inflicted violence indicate that it is a way of relieving intolerable feelings. When cutting themselves, women (and sometimes men) report that they do not feel any pain."

7. Trim, pare

   "cut one's nails"

8. To shorten by omissions

   "cut the manuscript"

9. Dilute, adulterate

   "cut the whiskey with water"

10. To reduce in amount

    "cut costs"

11. To remove (something, such as text or a picture) from a computer document and place it on the clipboard so that it can be pasted into another position, document, or program
12. Mow, reap

    "cut hay"

13. To turn sharply

    "The driver cut the steering wheel hard."

14. To go or pass around or about bypass

    "cut the checkout line"

15. To divide into segments

    "cut the cake"

16. Intersect, cross

    "one line cutting another"

17. Break, interrupt

    "cut our supply lines"

18. To divide into shares split
19. Analyze, break down

    "Any way you cut it, we won."

20. To type on a stencil
21. Edit

    "cut a motion picture"

22. Stop, cease

    "cut the nonsense"

23. To refuse to recognize (an acquaintance)

    "They cut her dead at the party."

24. To absent oneself from (something, such as a class)
25. To stop (a motor) by opening a switch
26. To stop the filming of (a motion-picture scene)
27. To engage in (a frolicsome or mischievous action)

    "… on summer nights strange capers are cut under the thin guise of a Christian festival."

28. To give the appearance or impression of

    "cut a fine figure"

29. To be able to manage or handle
30. To yield or accord to another give

    "cut me some slack"

31. To fill out and sign (a check)
32. To function as or as if as an edged tool

    "This knife cuts well."

33. To undergo incision or severance

    "The cheese cuts easily."

34. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, or intersecting

    "The tailor is busy cutting."

35. To make a stroke with a whip, sword, or other weapon
36. To wound feelings or sensibilities

    "remarks that cut"

37. To cause constriction or chafing

    "a coat that cuts at the armpits"

38. To be of effect, influence, or significance

    "an analysis that cuts deep"

39. To divide spoils split
40. To proceed obliquely see oblique from a straight course

    "cut across the yard"

41. To move swiftly

    "a yacht cutting through the water"

42. To describe an oblique or diagonal line
43. To change sharply in direction swerve

    "The driver cut across three lanes of traffic."

44. To make an abrupt transition from one sound or image to another in motion pictures, radio, or television

    "The film cuts from the ballroom to the garden."

45. To make a sudden transition or imaginative leap

    "The story cuts to 1917."

46. To stop photographing motion pictures

    "The director yelled "Cut!""

47. To advance by skipping or bypassing another

    "cut to the front of the line"

48. To engage in self-harm by making cuts or scratches on one's body

    "middle school students reporting they knew of several classmates who cut"